December 25, 2020 Spiritual Testament of the Holy Elder Paisios, Found in Panagouda, His Cell on Mount Athos, after his Death in 1994 On October 20, 1993, Elder Paisios, despite being in great pain, went to the Koutloumousiou Monastery, to which his cell belonged, and greeted hegumen…
December 24, 2020 The Holy Dormition Kiev-Caves Lavra. The Third Inheritance of the Mother of God In our article about the Four Domains of the Most Holy Theotokos we briefly told you the stories of their appearance. What happened in…
December 24, 2020 The History of Everything from before the Beginning till after the End If there is one thing I would change in our unchangeable Orthodox Church, it would be to add an Old Testament reading to Divine…
December 23, 2020 Little-known Constantinople Councils and their Decisions There are many councils in the history of Orthodoxy. Seven of them are called Ecumenical for their indisputable authority for the entire church. Other…
December 23, 2020 Why Does Christ Call Himself the Son of Man? Looking for answers in the church tradition In our exploration of Christ’s reasons, let us be systematic and start with the most obvious things….
December 23, 2020 About St Nicholas, Helping God-seeking Non-believers Discover Christ In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit! We call St Nicholas the great Wonderworker not only because his…
December 23, 2020 “Everyone’s Life Has Its Purpose” In the Gospel of Mark, the Lord explains to the disciples the parable of the sower (see: Mark 4: 10-23). This episode gave me…
December 22, 2020 Yury Kuznetsov’s Icon-Painting School — a Unique Style in Modern Iconography Most schools of contemporary Orthodox iconography follow similar techniques and strictly defined canons while maintaining their own set of distinct approaches. The painting style…
December 21, 2020 Akathist to Saint Spyridon of Tremithus Kontakion 1 O holy hierarch and wonderworker Spyridon, who hast been glorified by the Lord! Celebrating now thy most honoured memory, with tenderness we…
December 21, 2020 The Basic Rule of Spiritual Life The lack of constancy is disastrous for spiritual life. When a person sees for the first time the light of the gospel truth shining…
December 21, 2020 The Icon-Painting Workshop — How It Began It is a lively Autumn morning. At two minutes to nine, a crowded city bus pulls into the bus stop near Saint Elisabeth Convent….
December 20, 2020 “The Chance of Survival was 5%, when Vladyka Began to Pray”. A True Story from the Life of Metropolitan Anthony of Sourozh In the 1990s, a certain charitable organization undertook to transport seriously ill children from the former Soviet Union to English hospitals for bone marrow…
